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Very good lives : the fringe benefits of failure and the importance of imagination /

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2015Copyright date: �2008Edition: First editionDescription: 69 pages : illustrations ; 19 cmISBN:
  • 9780316369152
  • 0316369152
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 158 23
LOC classification:
  • BF637.S4 R695 2015
Summary: In 2008, J.K. Rowling delivered a deeply affecting commencement speech at Harvard University. Now published for the first time in book form, VERY GOOD LIVES presents J.K. Rowling's words of wisdom for anyone at a turning point in life. How can we embrace failure? And how can we use our imagination to better both ourselves and others? Drawing from stories of her own post-graduate years, the world famous author addresses some of life's most important questions with acuity and emotional force.

In 2008, J.K. Rowling delivered a deeply affecting commencement speech at Harvard University. Now published for the first time in book form, VERY GOOD LIVES presents J.K. Rowling's words of wisdom for anyone at a turning point in life. How can we embrace failure? And how can we use our imagination to better both ourselves and others? Drawing from stories of her own post-graduate years, the world famous author addresses some of life's most important questions with acuity and emotional force.

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